TO ISSUE & RENEW NATIONAL ID CARDS The delegation will be in Montreal from December 1st, 2013 to December 7th, 2013: the exact location where the service will be provided will be announced shortly The following are the requirements for issuance or renewal of the ID:

Cairo's Court of Urgent Matters rejected today an appeal by the lawyer of the Muslim Brotherhood to unban the group and all its activities.

Many Coptic activists have supported the Church and rejected the Coptic quota, yet demanded positive discrimination to encourage the Copts participate in all aspects of political life in Egypt.

CAIRO: Khaled Youssef, member of the 50-member committee, said final voting on constitutional articles will be broadcast live starting Tuesday, in an interview with the Dream 2 channel.

The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church decided in its meeting today to demand affirmative action for the Copts other than the Coptic quota.

Youssef R. Fanous, a Coptic Christian, said that thugs who support the Muslim Brotherhood in Nag Hammadi have taken over his mother’s shop under gun point.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, opened yesterday the new shrine of St. Athanasius at the great Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbassiya.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that the Egyptian revolution was "stolen" from the youth who started it by the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egyptian presidency announced Wednesday a three-day period of mourning for the "martyrs of the nation", Al-Ahram Arabic website reported.

Copts in Ezbet Shaheen village, Minya, are extremely suffering after thugs returned to impose royalties on them.

Security forces in Minya have arrested 12 members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Minya on charges of inciting violence as well as inciting against the army.

West-Cairo prosecutor decided to send a Shiite man to prison for insulting Islamic symbols and Companions of Prophet Mohamed.

CAIRO: Whether to participate in the Mohamed Mahmoud anniversary this year is a decision that varies from one party to another, as the event itself is raising a great deal of controversy.

CAIRO: Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs Mohamed Ibrahim announced Friday the beginning of the first comprehensive renovation of the Egyptian Museum since its construction in 1902.

CAIRO: Member of the 50-member committee to amend Egypt’s 2012 constitution Gaber Nassar said that the constitution will be completed on Tuesday or Wednesday after reaching a consensus on its articles by the members of the panel.

Police have arrested 4 people in Minya on charges of burning the Court building of Beni Mazar as well as Maghagha police station.

Dr. Ikram Lamei, head of the Egyptian Evangelical Synod, advocated the Coptic Quota saying that Affirmative Action was applied in Europe after the World War II for the benefit of women who were persecuted then.

A group of masked gunmen kidnapped a young Coptic man yesterday for 50.000 $ ransom. Talat S. Solomon, 27 years old, was kidnapped in Nag Hamady while he was on his way home.

Police in Minya are investigating two ripped bodies of a man and woman found near the Coptic majority in Dri Barsha, Mallawy.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, have constituted a standing committee to manage the affairs of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church in between its biannual meetings.

Bishop Rafael, Secretary of the Holy Synod, received a number of Coptic activists yesterday to discuss the amendments of the new constitution and their fears of a religious constitution that discriminates between the Egyptian citizens.